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note Warner eventually finally noticed it, however, so they archived the site under a different URL. It was also one of the earliest movies to feature a tie-in website, which is still running to this day (and has not been updated since 1998). It's not to be confused with Looney Tunes: Back in Action, which was allegedly made to be the direct antithesis of this movie. The film is notable for introducing Bugs' girlfriend Lola Bunny, who has been featured in most Looney Tunes projects made since then. According to this film, saving the Looney Tunes is the reason why he returned to basketball. note In fact, part of the deal was for Jordan to be provided with state of the art training facilities between takes. Thankfully, he wasn't drained of his skills and had actually just unretired at the time the film was made. This is where Michael Jordan comes in, but during the time period the film is set in, he had retired to play baseball (and that's not bad writing, that actually happened).

This transforms them into the Monstars (aka - wait for it - The Mean Team). This backfires when it turns out that the Nerdlucks can steal the "talent" from athletes (they do this to NBA players Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, Muggsy Bogues, Larry Johnson and Shawn Bradley in one of the movie's many, many subplots). Bugs, noting how tiny the Nerdlucks are, decides to challenge them to a basketball game.

They need Jordan's help because these aliens called Nerdlucks intend to take them back to their planet, and make them the new attractions for their evil boss Swackhammer's evil theme park. The Looney Tunes must recruit NBA superstar Michael Jordan to play on their basketball team. After a meeting between producer Ivan Reitman and Nike executives, it was decided to turn the concept into a feature film. Nike had ordered a few commercials featuring Michael Jordan and an animated Bugs Bunny facing off against alien cartoon characters. This 1996 live-action/animated film is what happens when you base a feature-length film upon a sneaker commercial. "Come on and slam, and welcome to the jam!"